Question 1

A movie producer is looking for someone to play the role of a domestic servant. She wants to cast someone who has significant experience with all kinds of housework in their everyday life. Based on this criterion, who is least likely to get the role?

Accepted Answer

A)   Julie, a European-American female
B)   Jed, a European-American male
C)   Matt, an African-American male
D)   Alonzo, a Hispanic-American male B

Question 2

How are mentoring and generativity related?

Accepted Answer

A)   Mentoring is one avenue for achieving generativity.
B)   Generativity causes mentoring.
C)   Individuals who mentor are less likely to express generativity.
D)   Mentoring is done by the employee, and generativity is done by the employer. A

Question 3

A "glass ceiling" is best described as a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)   barrier preventing advancement in a company.
B)   sex-based form of rapid advancement in a company.
C)   example of the use of the reasonable woman standard.
D)   method for encouraging mentoring of ethnic minority workers. A

Question 4

Compare and contrast gender discrimination, the glass ceiling, pay equity and sexual harassment by defining and providing an example of each concept.

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Question 5

Occupational aspiration is best thought of as the job

Accepted Answer

A)   you would like to get.
B)   that you likely have.
C)   your parents want you to have.
D)   you will never attain.

Question 6

You are the head of a company considering instituting a mentoring program for new employees and have been asked by your board of directors to describe your plan. Do so by first discussing Kram's initiation, cultivation, separation, and redefinition phases of the mentor-protégé process. Then discuss how you are going to deal with the unique challenges one must overcome in a company with a significant percentage of new female employees.

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Question 7

Fran finds that no matter what she does or how well she performs, she cannot get promoted above a certain mid-management position in her company. Fran is most likely experiencing

Accepted Answer

A)   burn out.
B)   alienation.
C)   role conflict.
D)   a glass ceiling.

Question 8

Since being promoted to an executive position a few years ago, Alison continued to find ways to work her way up the corporate ladder. Alison is most likely in Super's ____ phase of developmental tasks.

Accepted Answer

A)   retirement
B)   consolidation
C)   specification
D)   implementation

Question 9

If Rachel experiences many positive feelings about the work she does, she would be described as experiencing high job _____.

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Question 10

Dora is a full-time worker and mother of three. Describe the types of stressors that Dora will have to overcome. How can her employer help reduce her stress?

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Question 11

Barack Obama was used as an example of a "____" concerning occupational development.

Accepted Answer

A)   dead ender
B)   two timer
C)   fast tracker
D)   inside outer

Question 12

If Jim and Nell are a typical heterosexual couple, Nell will be happiest if Jim helps by

Accepted Answer

A)   mowing the lawn.
B)   fixing various household gadgets.
C)   maintaining the automobiles.
D)   washing clothes.

Question 13

Compared to women working in traditional occupations, women in nontraditional occupations

Accepted Answer

A)   are less likely to believe that they are being sexually harassed.
B)   are more likely to believe that they are being sexually harassed.
C)   are less likely to experience sexual harassment.
D)   are more likely to experience sexual harassment.

Question 14

Although she is well-liked within the organization and in no danger of losing her job, Tammy has not been promoted for some time due to the fact that she has not kept up with the technological advances in her field. Tammy is most likely experiencing

Accepted Answer

A)   the glass ceiling.
B)   a career plateau.
C)   burn out.
D)   vocational maturity.

Question 15

Carrie is a full-time physician and Ken is a full-time school teacher. Who likely does most of the housework and childcare?

Accepted Answer

A)   Carrie
B)   Ken
C)   Carrie and Ken probably do about the same amount of housework
D)   It is likely that most housework and childcare is done by their children

Question 16

Which of the following activity indicates the most equitable division of labor between parents?

Accepted Answer

A)   Vacuuming the carpet
B)   Repairing the drain
C)   Responding to the doorbell
D)   Decorating the living room

Question 17

Jackie constantly feels like her job is taking her away from what she should be doing for her children and vice versa. She is most likely experiencing a(n) _____ conflict.

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Question 18

In the United States, just over ____ percent of two-parent households have two working parents.

Accepted Answer

A)   20
B)   40
C)   60
D)   80

Question 19

A worker experiencing _____ is depleted of energy, motivation, and a loss of occupational idealism.

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Question 20

A Swedish study showed that most fathers who took parental leave when their child was born

Accepted Answer

A)   never returned to work.
B)   were more likely to continue their involvement in childcare.
C)   increased their work involvement.
D)   took primary responsibility for their child's care.

Exam 12: Work and Leisure: Occupational and Lifestyle Issues in Young and Middle Adulthood